Reaction outside the ladies' galleries as Congress passes the Civil Rights Bill, March 13, 1866, artist's impression

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Cropped, sized, and prepared for use by John Osborne, Dickinson College, December 8, 2015

Depicted ContentThirty-Ninth Congress of the United States

Depicted ContentAn Act to protect all Persons in the United States in their Civil Rights, and to furnish the means for their Vindication, April 9, 1866

Depicted ContentPresident Johnson vetoes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866

Depicted ContentAt the U.S. Capitol, the House of Representatives passes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866

Depicted ContentAt the U.S. Capitol, the Senate passes the Civil Rights Bill of 1866

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engraving

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Outside of the Galleries of the House of Representatives during the passage of the Civil Rights Bill.

Source citation

Harper's Weekly Magazine, April 28, 1866, p. 269.

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